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Bharat Pavilion debuts at TIFF 2025, introduces WAVES Bazaar to North America

The Bharat Pavilion was inaugurated today at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2025, marking the North American debut of WAVES Bazaar, India’s first international e-marketplace for the film, media, and AVGC-XR sector. According to ANI, the Pavilion was opened by Ajay Nagabhushan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Bro...

Heather Hopkins Freeland joins LinkedIn as CBO

LinkedIn has appointed Heather Hopkins Freeland as its first-ever Chief Brand Officer, a newly created role where she will oversee Brand and Consumer Marketing for the professional networking platform. Freeland announced her move in a LinkedIn post, expre...

Apple’s India sales soar to record $9bn on retail expansion

Apple Inc.’s annual sales in India touched an all-time high of nearly $9 billion in the last fiscal year, underlining the growing appetite for its premium devices in the world’s most populous nation. The milestone comes as the US tech giant deepens its retail pre...

MRSI’s 33rd annual seminar to spotlight ‘The Power of And’

The Market Research Society of India (MRSI) is set to host its 33rd annual market research seminar on September 11–12 in Gurugram, spotlighting the theme ‘The Power of And’. The two-day gathering will bring together top leaders, ...

IPL tickets to cost more as GST upped from 28% to 40%

Indian cricket fans, who love turning up for IPL matches across the country, will have to shell out more for tickets next season with the government raising the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on admission to these games from 28 per cent to 40 per cent.

According to a Ministry of Financ...

WBD announces ‘Reality Ranis of the Jungle’ S2

Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing back its high-stakes survival reality format with ‘Reality Ranis of the Jungle’ S2, set to premiere September 22 on Discovery Channel and discovery+. The all-women adventure series expands its scope this year, moving from d...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!